Somnath Iyer

In the matter between Puttaswamy v India, the Hon’ble Apex Court vide its order dated 24/07/2017 declared “Right to Privacy” as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India on the basis of which the Hon’ble Supreme Court asked for the formation of strong Data Protection Rules. As such a

“Magistrate is the Master of the jurisdiction of investigation; under whose control, the police or any other person specially authorized to investigate shall function.” Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers a Magistrate to direct the concerned police to investigate an offence upon a receipt of Complaint disclosing